Drying-chamber for rugs.



w. E. OLSON. DRYING CHAMBER FOR RUGS.

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DRYING CHAMBER FOR BUGS.

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WALTER E. OLESGN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISi.

DRYING-CHADIBER FOR BUGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed May 20, 1914, Serial No. 839,830. Divided and this application filed December 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. OLSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Drying-Chamber for Rugs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful drying device especially adapted for use in the process of dyeing rugs, the present ap plication being a division of my pending application Serial No. 839,830, filed May 20th, 191%, for process and apparatus for dyeing rugs and like articles.

The object of this invention is the production of a drying device through the medium of which rugs, after being dyed, may be readily and quickly dried, and further a device adapted to accommodate a large number of rugs in each operation of the same.

A further object is the production of a device as mentioned which will be of economical construction, and one which may be readily and easily operated.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. With these objects in view, the invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a drying device embodying the invention, the outer portion of the doors at the ends of the device being broken away,

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line m-m of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises an elongated rectangular chamber 1 in which is arranged, at one side, a steam coil or radiator 2 for heating said chamber, as Wlll be readily understood. In the upper end of the chamber 1 are arranged two spaced endless chains 3 traveling around sprocket Serial No. 67,609.

wheels 4 supported by brackets 5 which depend from the top wall of chamber 1.

The rugs A which are to be dried, are first arranged upon bars or poles 6, said bars, carrying the rugs, being placed in the chamber 1 with the ends of said bars supported upon the upper sides of chains 3, as clearly shown in the several views. Said upper sides of said chains, in order to prevent of the same, are supported by reinforcing plates 7 which project inwardly from the adjacent walls of said chamber. The ends of said chamber are provided with hinged doors 8 through which access may be gained to said chamber for inserting the rugs into said chamber and removing the same therefrom.

in practice, the rugs carrying the wet or fresh dye thereon are introduced into the chamber at one end of the same, being conveycd therethrough by the chains 3 which are power driven, the shafts of sprocket wheels i at one end of the device being projected exteriorly, as shown, for connection with a source of power. The drying of the rugs is of course efiected by subjection of v the same to the action of the heat supplied by the steam coil 2, the doors 8 during the drying operation being closed. After the rugs have been thoroughly dried, the same are removed from the opposite end of the chamber, permitting of the insertion of other rugs which are supplied or inserted at the opposite end of the device.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In an apparatus for drying rugs or like articles, a chamber; doors at opposite ends of said chamber whereby said chamber may be tightly closed; a heating element in said chamber; and endless conveying means at the upper end of said chamber for supporting the rugs and conveying the same through said chamber, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

WALTER E. OLSON. Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. OLSON, JOSHUA R. H. Porrs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

